The Dillon tribune., 1887-09-09
|z1E NEW MANS "D1D:'
STUDENT INTO THE
'1A1.Hs 1AInTsaIEs OF A "oYKe'"

rlA1'No 80 az A "oyKE."
49,, IN tn. University Of v,r'
'''s' r',,u,.t,on. ra of /" Iaekle'' j.. VIC. s'e'
''''-,,Am ..e',, Amu.e'ne"'' of the Stu
"..~,:*,,s,ou. '".s.c Organization
en- ..,,;+ the rooms of all our &C.
he first ''sIu and inform them Of the iact
sn.srcas' '!alo o, has .sbid.' and that
nlss - This project meets .;a,n WIN se,. ere
lyke, k..,tance, and preparations, r, .,,'1 "iS
acsep,s.n , moarn for this time honoreu ana
tbNith w. g;nstitution. Dyke is said to
rely local 3 from r a Greek verb signifying
derive.l, !, i.u ~ ..point out"-1 suppose
1vI, ,se action Of pointing WIN sne nrEs, is;
g y, 'It the victim as you scream, .pyhe .oa,,r
pdal l,r.onarations .no are made by procur-
Ehs E ptsp eha pold horns, some OF them SIX,
al lac .on o- feet long, that we can lay
anu u, 'en IN. all the coal scuttles, not in
hanas o.i for drums; and old clothes,
ual ) a.s, ar,onnd m sticks and saturated with
sppsu r. torches. With this parapher-
!. ~ ~ collect around the door OF our
10 wv W. friend, and, making the rest
Peel' '.homselycs behind pillars, trees
4 leess ssrrthing else available, I go into
de,.,' .ea, md watch him dress; talking all
@ ,;n,e in the most unexcited way Possi,
''uIt AZ last he is ready. I stay behind
w. - mt the lamp as he goes out OF the
DIV" N heor the words, "Hcrc he Is,
:, !. All right" and a hurried "Why,
y, .hc matter. What arc you going
" ~, His questions arc unhecded, and,
I, p,o1nentary halt to give the hfty
q hearers time to apply a match to the
sanst;ble ~ ua material on the ends of their
1.-THE y the prolonged shout, "Dylzc! dyke!
~, i heard echoing and rc-echoing up
i down the arcades, rousing all stu
\ especially the new ones, from their
ksss The cry spreads like wildfire,
1 is taken up from room to room,
no to house, range to range,
n the venerable old walls shake
n the din. Amid the shouts, the
Irinr Of the immense horns, and tho
Ltus Of tin pans, the victim, in the
nd Of his quasi friends and by the
[Ine light of torches, now increased to
[haps 100, is rushed around the lawn,
bund the ranges, and then up the middle
|the campus, and is finally placed upon
toumost step, leading to the rotunda
Fth some fifteen or twenty feet above
na Of upturned faces, which seems to
|p cruelty enjoying themselves at his
kense.
MAKING A SPEECH.
Some kind friend behind him takes of
| bat for him, another catches him back
lie neck and compels him to make a
!. The cries of "Speech! speech"
lie the welkin ring and the windows in
.oM dome rattle. If he is a wise young
u, be will keep silent; If not, he will
Tempt to speak; but he will never get
,her than the first word, to be tlcafcnctl
the applause. In some ten minutes he
unsidcrel to have had enough. The
dence take him down, put on his hat,
rush him down the middle of tho
- at full speed. When the house at
Gh the entertainment is given is
rhed, the 200 men for l have frc-
emily seen that many engaged in q
le form double line extending fifty
seyenty.fivc yards, and the luckless
tim is rushed through by two captors,
bit up into the house, little pitied by,
affording much amusement to, the
is assembled at the windows.
i when, despite Scylla and
arybdis, he has safely reached
haven, they make up for their heart
sness by being doubly sweet to him;
as he wends his way homcward, some
ere about the witching hour of l2, he
:!ares that for such pleasure he would
her it all again.
nc soon makes the acquaintance Of most
tae young ladies in the ncighborhood,
nc isa ''calicoist" (which implies /,
'ater lover Of the fair sex than Of his
ldes), and pursues their acquaintance,
hot, as his own sweet will may die.
german club is generally formed in
early part of the year, and gives
german about once a month,
oush last year it gave eighteen. This
W W IS composed of the dancing girls as
IL rs young men; the latter have tc
u u u pledge not to drink a drop Of any
auo1 liquor from IL o'clock of the day ol
german until 1S o'clock the next day
y. rs prevents any disorderly conduct, and
= a.ts ,t inc germans much less objectiona
!. 'uah formerly to the quiet citizens
~ were liable to he disturbed at al
s,s W inc uproarious germanites aftel
uahclng was over.
= SOCIETY OF THE LADIES.
w.. vuf young friend, if fond of dancing
hs, hsh anu eoes in for IN amusement il
,mas l oniy the dancing girls engage. If
,o,o 'sr, nc is not a disciple Of Terpsi
. 'vse, hs ana Is still fond Of ladies' society
,caa.a ans an equal number of beautiful unt
do dse.'pisaed ap s girls, who will talk, walk
aneing ' '"' oisappro'e o.
,a,o'' Al our Il friend is not susceptible to tn,
sls ssn ; o1 the fair sex, he is by this tim,
,p ,,aa ~ MS studies, getting quite inter
Iesr.rn. ~ some ancient Greek, Latin o
ses s, ~ novelist, or else is just bcginnins
, an,,. .ne beauty Of solid geometry. lay
vii, I,|9!.ly' ny Ii he does not care to study
,saah a. nno many who arc only too ola,
,sansa.im a nm how to spend his money nm,
III 's M, ', 10 spend it for him. But w